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On religion

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Thinking in actionPublication details: London : Routledge. 2001.Description: 147p. ; 21cmISBN:
  • 0415233321 (cased)
  • 041523333X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 210 CAP
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 210 CAP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002000373937

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

John D. Caputo explores the very roots of religious thinking in this thought-provoking book. Compelling questions come up along the way: 'What do I love when I love my God?' and 'What can Star Wars tell us about the contemporary use of religion?' (are we always trying to find a way of saying 'God be with you'?) Why is religion for many a source of moral guidance in a postmodern, nihilistic age? Is it possible to have 'religion without religion'?
Drawing on contemporary images of religion, such as Robert Duvall's film The Apostle, Caputo also provides some fascinating and imaginative insights into religious fundamentalism.

Includes index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 The Love of God (p. 1)
  • Religion is for Lovers (p. 1)
  • The Impossible (p. 7)
  • The Secret (p. 17)
  • What do I Love When I Love My God? (p. 24)
  • 2 How the Secular World Became Post-Secular (p. 37)
  • The Sacral Age (p. 38)
  • Secularization (p. 42)
  • Our Prophets: Kierkegaard and Nietzsche (p. 49)
  • Desecularization: The Death of the Death of God (p. 56)
  • 3 The Force Be With You (p. 67)
  • Cyber-Spirits (p. 69)
  • The Religion of Star Wars (p. 78)
  • 4 Impossible People (p. 91)
  • The Apostle E. F. (p. 94)
  • Fundamentalism (p. 101)
  • 5 On Religion--Without Religion (p. 109)
  • Religious Truth/True Religion (p. 109)
  • The Tragic Sense of Life (p. 118)
  • The Faith of a Post-Modern (p. 125)
  • Axioms of a Religion Without Religion (p. 132)
  • Adieu (p. 141)
  • Bibliographical Note and Acknowledgments (p. 142)
  • Index (p. 143)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Academician John D. Caputo (b.1940) specializes in continental philosophy, described as the interaction among 20th century French and German philosophy and religion. He has written a number of scholarly books including The Mystical Element in Heidegger's Thought (1978), Heidegger and Aquinas (1982), Demythologizing Heidegger (1993), Against Ethics (1993), and The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida (1997). Caputo has been honored in Dublin and Toronto, where conferences have been organized around his work.

Caputo is professor of philosophy at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, where he received his M.A. in 1964. Other degrees include a B.A. from LaSalle College (1962) and a Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr (1968).

(Bowker Author Biography)

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